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Accelerating Growth: panel with Techstars and Georgian Founders

Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 7:00 PM (GMT+4)

About this event

Techstars is one of the top accelerators in the world. Thousands of founders have gone through their acceleration programs and leveraged growth from it.

In developing as a startup it's important to get excellent mentorship and to make connections outside Georgia that will help you throughout your life.

Two Georgian startups were accelerated at Techstars Berlin and have some great results from the experience. Join Shota Giogorbiani from Optio.ai and Lasha Antadze from Shelf.network will share their experiences going overseas for venture acceleration and Francis Goodenday, General Manager EMEA & APAC at Techstars, to talk about their program and expansion.

NOTE: the venue is very small so the event is intended mostly for serious startups considering applying to accelerators.

Lasha Antadze

Shelf.Network

Lasha Antadze is the TechStars 2018 Graduate & Founder of the decentralized e-commerce solution “Shelf.Network”. Startup serves as an infrastructure for cross border synchronized trades among multiple online marketplaces. In 9 month, Shelf quickly gained momentum around the world and won innovation award as the best real world use cases of blockchain technology with $1M investments terms. Shelf raised another $1.1M from Japanese largest industry player and secured 5 year license contract to distribute its tech for the South-East Asian countries. The startup awards include:

• Frontier Innovation Award - the Best Real World application of blockchain technology;

• Winner of BlockShow 2018 - Oscar Award as the best European blockchain startup;

• Finalist of the best global re-marketing solution for FleetEurope, among the biggest industry names such as BCA, Manheim and Autorola.

Shota Giorgobiani

Optio.Ai

Entrepreneur, Software Project Manager, Consultant, Development Lead & Developer with 11+ years of experience in developing, leading & delivering enterprise software & web solutions with a deep understanding of Software development life cycle & architecture.